List of famous clocks
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[edit] North America
- Clock of the Long Now, not yet built but planned for Colorado
- Jessop's Clock, San Diego, California
- peace tower, Ottawa, Canada
[edit] South America
[edit] Europe
[edit] Czech Republic
[edit] Denmark
[edit] England
- Big Ben in London England's most famous clock, 'Big Ben' is actually the name of the bell, rather than the clock, but most people associate the name with the clock.
- Eastgate Clock, Chester One of the most photographed clocks in England outside London.
- Salisbury cathedral clock, Salisbury This dial-less clock, still working, is probably the oldest surviving clock mechanism in the world.
- Shepherd gate clock, Greenwich, London This clock heralded the start of standardized time, in the form of Greenwich Mean Time.
- Wells Cathedral clock The dial of this clock displays a model of the universe in miniature. The mechanism, dated at 1392 and still working, is in London's Science Museum.
[edit] France
- Strasbourg astronomical clock The current clock in the cathedral, completed in 1842, is one of the most complicated mechanical clocks ever made.
[edit] Isle Of Man
- Jubilee clock is a street clock in the Isle of Man capital of Douglas built in 1887 as commemoration of the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria's reign.
[edit] Switzerland
- St Peter's Church Clock, Zurich Has the largest clock-face in Europe.
[edit] Germany
- In Esslingen, Germany, at the headquarters of Festo, Professor Hans Scheurenbrand has constructed the Harmonices Mundi, a sophisticated astronomical clock, a world time clock, and a 74 bell glockenspiel.
- The Alexanderplatz in Berlin contains the famous World Time clock
- The Rathaus-Glockenspiel (1908), an ornate clock located in Munich's Marienplatz with almost life-sized moving figures that show scenes from a medieval jousting tournament as well as a performance of the famous "Schäfflertanz" (roughly translated "Barrel-makers' dance".
[edit] Ireland
[edit] Italy
[edit] Asia
Clock Tower of Dubai
[edit] Africa
[edit] Australia
[edit] Other
- Doomsday Clock by Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, which symbolizes man's current risk of nuclear war.
